Decision COP XIV/20
Digital sequence information on genetic resources
11. Decides to establish an extended Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group, 1 including the participation of indigenous peoples and local communities, and requests the Executive Secretary, subject to the availability of resources:
(d) To commission a peer reviewed study on public and, to the extent possible, private databases of digital sequence information on genetic resources, including the terms and conditions on which access is granted or controlled, the biological scope and the size of the databases, numbers of accessions and their origin, governing policies, and the providers and users of the digital sequence information on genetic resources and encourages the owners of private databases to provide the necessary information;
(e) To commission a peer-reviewed study on how domestic measures address benefit-sharing arising from commercial and non-commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and address the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources for research and development, taking into account the submissions provided in paragraph 9;
(f) To convene a meeting of the extended Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group to:
12. Requests the open-ended working group established under decision 14/343 to consider the outcomes of the extended Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group and to make recommendations to the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth meeting on how to address digital sequence information on genetic resources in the context of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework;
- Body
- Conference of the Parties (COP)
- Meeting
- COP-1417 - 29 November, 2018Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
- Actors
- 19 4 Parties 4 Other Government(s) 4 Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities 3 Relevant organizations 3 Stakeholder(s) 1 Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
- Subjects
- 18 13 Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing 1 Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing 2 Capacity-building 1 Transfer of Technology and Cooperation 1 Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
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